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ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΊΑ

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ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΊΑ: ** φιλονεικία, -ας, ἡ [ (< φιλόνεικος), [in LXX: II Mac 4:4, IV Mac 1:26 8:26 * ;] ] love of strife, rivalry, emulation (Plat., al.), but mostly in bad sense (Thuc., al.), contentiousness, contention: Lk 22:24 (but v. Field, Notes, 75 f.).†

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